John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 65:

In page 19, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(a) cooperating with one another to ensure compliance by the Cork local authorities with the implementation plan,”.

This amendment will amend section 19 by inserting an additional item to the actions in subsection (3) that chief executives are required to carry out for the effective and orderly operation of the Bill, namely, to co-operate with one another and ensure compliance with the implementation plan. I propose the amendment in response to a suggestion made by the oversight group in Cork.

Amendment No. 67 will delete the published subsection (9) which requires the two chief executives to provide the Minister with any requested information and replace it with a new subsection containing two paragraphs that separately require the chief executives of the city and county councils to provide the Minister with any requested information within the period specified in the request and that the Minister seeks for the purposes of his or her functions under the Bill.

The new subsection (10), proposed by the insertion of amendment No. 68, similarly provides for the provision of information requested by the oversight committee from the chief executives of the city and county councils.